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NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY COLLEGE 



A SPECIAL REPORT 



TO THE 



President of Cornell University 



BY 



VERANUS A. MOORE 



DIRECTOR 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY 

ITHACA, N. Y. 

1908 



NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY COLLEGE 



A SPECIAL REPORT 



TO THE 



President of Cornell University 



BY 

VERANUS A. MOORE 

DIRECTOR 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY 

ITHACA, N. Y. 

1908 



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Press of 

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Office of the President 

C0RNE1.L University 

Ithaca, New York 



November 7, 1908 

To the Board of Trustees of 

Cornell University : 
Gentlemen : 

I beg to lay before you a Special Report on the New 
York State Veterinary College which, at my request, has 
been prepared by the new Director, Dr. V. A. Moore. This 
report describes the present condition and needs of the Col- 
lege, frankly mentioning its characteristic excellences and 
defects ; it sketches its work and achievements in the past ; 
and it outlines the aims which the new Director has con- 
ceived for its future development, the agencies by which 
those aims are to be realized, and the instrumentalities which 
the State must furnish if the progress and improvements de- 
sired by the Director are to be actually accomplished. I 
commend this report, which is at once instructive and im- 
portant, to the careful consideration of the Trustees. 

Very respectfully yours, 

J. G. SCHURMAN, 

President. 



New York State Veterinary CoIvLEge 
Director's Office 

Ithaca, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1908. 

President J. G. Schurman^ 

Cornell University. 
Dear Sir : — 

At your request I have the honor to submit to you a 
statement setting forth the condition of the New York State 
Veterinary College as a teaching and research institution, and 
outlining somewhat in detail the possibilities for its future de- 
velopment. It is well also to consider briefly its relation to 
the live stock interests of the State and indirectly to those of 
the nation. 

I desire, first, to express my appreciation of the confidence 
in me which the Board of Trustees have manifested by my 
appointment to the Directorship of this College. It is a posi- 
tion for which I had no ambition and I should have much 
preferred that another had been chosen, in order that I might 
have continued without interruption the work in my depart- 
ment. However, having been selected to perform these try- 
ing duties, I shall do the best I can. 

Further, I cannot open a discussion of the work of the 
New York State Veterinary College without giving expres- 
sion to my admiration and affection for the retiring Director, 
Dr. James Law, who for forty years has not only served Cor- 
nell University as a teacher of veterinary medicine, but also 
the State and nation as one of the noblest of his profession. 
The crowning glory of his useful career has been the estab- 
lishment of a State Veterinary College with educational 
requirements for entrance worthy of such an institution and 
the cause which it is to serve. The first really great work 



has been done, for veterinary education has been lifted from 
the school of the tradesman to the college of a truly profes- 
sional character. Such is the institution that he established 
and such the one that you have called me and ray colleagues 
to continue to develop . 

THE VETERINARY COLLEGE 

The underlying motive which prompted the founding of 
the New York State Veterinary College was undoubtedly to 
secure better educational facilities for those wishing to study 
veterinary medicine. The vast wealth, aggregating more 
than $172,000,000,* invested in live stock in this State alone 
calls for the very best educational and professional training 
on the part of those who are to guard the animals represent- 
ing such wealth from the ravages of disease. f The first real 
mission of the Veterinary College, therefore, is to provide a 
thoroughly well-rounded professional course of instruction 
in the science of veterinary medicine. The purpose is to 
send out men properly trained to treat and protect the flocks 
and herds of the State and nation. With the accumulation 
of new knowledge of the cause, nature, treatment and pre- 
vention of animal diseases, the requirements for a veterinary 
education are constantly increasing, thereby calling for more 
and more equipment and a larger number of teachers to ade- 
quately satisfy the demands. In the presence of these facts, 



■^According to the year book of the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 
1906 the live stock values for New York State are : — 

Speciks Number Vai^ue 

Horses 695,877 177,541,59° 

Mules 4,208 487,140 

Milch cows 1,826,211 65,743,596 

Other cattle 944,734 17,307,526 

Swine 675,545 6 248,791 

Sheep 1,120,000 5,666,080 

t The interrelation existing between many of the diseases of animals and 
those of man emphasizes another and a very vital reason for the thorough 
preparation of veterinarians. 



it is easy to understand that the buildings and equipment 
provided for a veterinary college and the sum appropriated 
twelve years ago for maintaining a State Veterinary College, 
which seemed to be sufficient at that time, are entirely inad- 
equate today. What is true of the buildings and main- 
tenance is likewise applicable to the curriculum. The sub- 
jects vital for a professional veterinary course have, through 
the development of biological and medical sciences, increased 
in number and expanded individually to such an extent that 
a curriculum for a veterinary college is beneath the dignity 
of a great university or a state to maintain which does not 
adequately provide for instruction and research in the fol- 
lowing subjects : namely. Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, 
Medicine, Surgery, Sanitary Science and Animal Economics.* 
Each of these departments is subdivided into several clearly 
defined but closely related subjects, as shown by the ap- 
pended analysis : 

1. Anatomy includes not only descriptive anatomy but 
also histology ; embryology ; biology ; zoology ; statics and 
mechanics. 

2. Physiology embraces in addition to the usual study of 
the functions of the various organs of the body, — chemistry ; 
principles of nutrition ; physiological action of drugs ; 
materia medica, medical botany and pharmacology. 

3. Pathology embraces in addition to the principles of 
general pathology, and the description of morbid processes, — 
etiology ; special pathology ; pathological histology ; post- 
mortem examinations; and the pathology of the specific in- 
fectious diseases. 

4. Sanitary science includes bacteriology ; general hygiene ; 
special hygiene or immunity ; meat and milk inspection ; 
dairy inspection and epizootiology. 

5. Medicine involves in addition-[to principles and prac- 



*This grouping of subjects was proposed by the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee ou Intelligence and Education of the Am. Vet. Med. Asso. , 1907. 



tice, — physical diagnosis ; clinical pathology and laborator)'- 
diagnosis ; special therapeutics ; and clinical instruction. 

6. vSurgery demands for its success not only the principles 
of operative surgery but also surgical anatomy ; surgical 
diagnosis and pathology ; horse shoeing, obstetrics and 
clinical instruction in all phases of surgical practice. 

7. Animal Economics. This term is used to include a 
considerable number of topics which should be carefully 
taught by competent men. They are, among other things, 
animal production ; breeds of animals : breeding and judging 
of animals; stock farm management; meat packing and 
manufacturing. 

If we contrast with this classification of subjects the 
present curriculum of the New York State Veterinary Col- 
lege it will be observed that many of the sub-topics are not 
receiving any attention whatever or they are inadequately 
provided for. As an educational institution it is of the 
highest importance that at least the subjects outlined should 
be satisfactorily taught, which means material equipment 
and a sufficient number of competent teachers. To be more 
specific in the comparison of our present curriculum with 
that already outlined, it may be well to point out somewhat 
in detail our defects, to the end that the weak places may 
be strengthened and the strong ones made even more so. 

The weakness of the New York State Veterinary College 
is apparent in the inadequate equipment and funds for re- 
search and for practical clinical work, and in equipment and 
teachers for giving instruction in certain subjects that should 
be taught but which have not been included in the curriculum. 
The field of veterinary science in the United States is in 
many respects uncultivated. For the building up of the vet- 
erinary profession, therefore, as well as to stimulate good 
teaching, many investigations and researches should be made. 
To better fit our students for their professional duties, we 
should give them more practical training in clinical medicine 
and surgery. In order to bring our specific needs directly 



into focus, I wish to call attention to omissions in our cur- 
riculum, taking as a standard for comparison the very con- 
servative requirements previously outlined which are con- 
sidered by the leading veterinarians of today necessary to 
complete a well-rounded course in veterinary science, 

1. Anatomy. In this department we are lacking in gen- 
eral biology, statics and mechanics. The importance of 
parasites demands a course in invertebrate zoology and hel- 
minthology. There should be a course including both lect- 
ures and laboratory work in veterinary zoology. 

2. Physiology. In the department of physiology we lack 
medical botany, and equipment to study animal nutrition 
and chemical physiology. * Toxicology is practically 
wanting. 

3. Pathology. The most conspicuous weakness in this de- 
partment is our utter lack of facilities for teaching gross 
pathology and for proper post-mortem examinations. We 
have neither place nor equipment for this most important 
part of a well-rounded course in pathology. There is not 
a recognized veterinary college in Europe that is not well 
provided for teaching this subject. 

4. Sanitary Science. In this department dairy inspection, 
which at present is becoming so vitally important, is prac- 
tically wanting. The instruction in animal hygiene is very 
inadequate and the course in meat inspection is, for want of 
time and facilities, unsatisfactory. 

5. Medicine. Medicine is lacking in practical instruction 
in physical diagnosis. There are no facilities for the proper 
examination of a large number of cases that come to this 
clinic. For want of funds the medical clinic has materially 
deteriorated, so that the reputation of the institution is suffer- 
ing thereby. No provisions are made for chemical, bacterio- 
logical or pathological laboratory examinations for diagnosis. 

*This does not refer to the teaching of elementary chemistry, but to the 
chemistry peculiar to the various phases of chemical physiology as applied 
to the different species of animals. 



The subject of clinical pathology, which is so superbly pro- 
vided for in nearly every great veterinary college, is un- 
fortunately poorly provided for. The essential reason for 
this defect has been the want of a suitable building for 
medical examinations. 

6. Surgery. Surgery is weak in many practical features 
owing largely to the exposure of our grounds and the lack of 
room and equipment for casting horses indoors. Horse shoe- 
ing is practically missing from our schedule, notwithstand- 
ing its very great importance in the treatment of many forms 
of foot disease and lameness. Surgical and clinical path- 
ology is not provided for and likewise the clinical work in 
obstetrics is insufficient. The defects here are largely due 
to the lack of proper equipment and an experienced instruct- 
ing staff. 

7. Animal Economics. In this department the subject of 
hippology, meat production and stock farm management are 
not considered in any course. 

In subjecting the curriculum of our institution to such an 
analysis, we find that a few subjects and several sub-topics 
are wanting. To remedy this a corresponding increase in 
material equipment and teachers is required. In readjusting 
our courses we are able to remedy a few of the defects, espe- 
cially along the practical lines, but there are some gaps that 
we are unable to fill with our present resources. These omis- 
sions must be provided for if the College fulfills its mission 
as an educational institution. The improvement should be- 
gin at once and continue until the goal of the ideal is ap- 
proached if not actually touched. 

In criticising our curriculum, however, there is a tendency 
to forget the important element of time. It is impossible to 
crowd too many subjects or subdivisions of the same into a 
three year course. To meet the demands we must, as soon 
as sufficient progress is made, specify the important subjects 
for entrance and extend the course X.o four years. More than 
this, we should establish graduate courses, especially in san- 
itary science and clinical medicine and surgery. 



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As the educational requirements for entrance to a veteri- 
nary colleo;e are by law much higher in this State than in 
most other states in the Union we have a greater responsi- 
bility in seeing to it that our curriculum, equipment and 
character of teaching correspond, so that our graduates will 
exemplify by their superior work the wisdom of the Univer- 
sity and the State in imposing upon the candidates for the 
veterinary profession the present exacting preliminary edu- 
cational requirements. The records of our alumni are most 
gratifying in this respect. 

The Strength of the College. I have pointed out the most 
glaring defects or weak places in the New York State 
Veterinary College as a teaching and research institution. 
It is equally just that the good features should not be over- 
looked. The strength of the Veterinary College lies in 
several conditions, three of which should be mentioned : 

First, as already stated, through the untiring efforts 
of the retiring Director, the State law governing veterinary 
education, which demands that a candidate for the veterinary 
degree must have a four year high school course or its equiva- 
lent for admission, has been put into actual practice. This 
assures to the College a class of students capable of as- 
similating the technical professional knowledge necessary to 
properly equip them for the work of their choice. 

Secondly, the loyalty of the Faculty to the high ideals of 
veterinary education wrought out and put into tangible form 
by Dr. Law. It is a very important factor in any educa- 
tional institution to have in its faculty thoroughly and scien- 
tifically trained men enthused with the spirit of research. 
In this respect we are more than fortunate. Conditions have 
not been such that after the drudgery of classroom work, the 
maximum amount of research desired has been accomplished 
in any department. However, we have a Faculty as a whole 
of superior trained men and with better conditions for work 
they will be enabled to bring credit to each of the depart- 
ments separately and the College as a unit. At present there 



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are in the Veterinary Facnlty, exclnsive of the instruction 
given in chemistry, histology and embryology, and animal 
husbandry provided by the University, eleven men who de- 
vote their entire time to teaching and research, and four 
student demonstrators. Of the eleven, nine are regular 
graduates of a veterinary college, one of a medical college 
and one of an agricultural college. Two have the degree of 
Doctor of Science, one Master of Science, and two Bachelor of 
Science. All of those who have not academic degrees have 
had a full four year high school course or its equivalent and 
one a year in a state university. Because the Faculty is com- 
posed of trained scientific men it complies with the standard 
set by the European veterinary colleges, to measure the real 
strength of their professors. It is recognized in Europe, and in 
other colleges in this University, that it is more important to 
train men in principles, in order that they may meet con- 
ditions as they exist, than to drill them in the handling of 
isolated or prescribed cases. 

The third tower of strength is its environment in a Uni- 
versity community where the spirit of research stimulates 
the students to higher ideals and the better conception of the 
real work in a useful professional life. 

Students. Some comment has been made by veterinarians 
both within and without the State on the small number of stu- 
dents in the New York State Veterinary College. The ex- 
planation for this is not difhcult. In the past the veterinary 
students as a class have come to the colleges with but very 
little if any general or technical education, and after receiv- 
ing some special instruction they have entered upon the 
practice of their profession. Of the 1,577 veterinarians who 
were registered in 1907 in the county clerks' offices in this 
State, in accordance with the present law, but 513, less than 
one third, were graduates of any veterinary school. The veter- 
inary colleges existing in this country prior to 1895 were 
largely private institutions requiring little or no educational 
preparation as a requisite for matriculation. It is evident. 



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therefore, that a veterinary college which requires a four 
year high school course as a preparation must meet the same 
difficulties relative to students that all other professional 
schools have encountered when the terms of entrance have 
been materially raised. As the science of yeterinary medi- 
cine has been neglected in this country, its true place in the 
economics of animal industry and its value in sanitary science 
have not been appreciated. For these reasons some effort is 
necessary to bring the true function of this profession to the 
attention of those who are competent and qualified to pursue 
it. The attendance has been good considering the state of 
veterinary education and the general lack of appreciation of 
the veterinary profession in this country. As there are not 
properly qualified veterinary graduates enough to begin to 
fill the natural demand for veterinarians it seems fitting that 
the facts concerning the entrance requirements for the veteri- 
nary colleges of this State, and the present opportunities for 
well-qualified veterinarians, should be brought more generally 
to the attention of young men about to choose a profession. 
As I have already pointed out, the veterinary profession in 
America is just beginning to be differentiated from agri- 
cultural sciences and animal husbandry, so that the real and 
great value of veterinary science to the live stock owners of 
this country is practically unknown. With an annual loss 
of from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000 worth of animals in 
this country from preventable diseases alone, a loss which can 
beavoidedonly by the application of the science of disease in 
preventive measures, no further comment on the actual 
need of having a sufficient number of well-educated and 
thoroughly trained veterinarians is necessary. 

In addition to the purely commercial aspect of the pro- 
fession, it stands in close relation to the sanitary work of 
our country. In order to protect meat consumers from the 
flesh of diseased animals our government pays annually 
$3,000,000 or more, of which New York's quota is over 
$300,000. The intercommunicability between man and 



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beast of rabies, anthrax, glanders and tuberculosis, all of 
which exist in this State, is an additional reason for build- 
ing up the profession which has to deal directly with these 
great scourges of man and beast. It seems fitting at this 
time that the training and truly professional character of the 
work of veterinarians should be set forth in such a manner 
that they may become better known. The live stock eco- 
nomics of this State demand more properly trained veteri- 
narians. We should have at least fifty graduates each year. 
Alumni. In discussing the topic of students, it would not 
be just to omit the good work of our graduates. Athough 
but 24 Regents' counts were demanded by the Education De- 
partment for admission to the veterinary colleges in this 
State until the fall of 1905, the number of students was, be- 
cause of this preliminary educational preparation, small. 
The number graduating each year from this College since its 
doors were opened are as follows : 

In 1897 3 In 1901 9 In 1905 26 

1898 4 1902 10 1906 26 

1899 6 1903 12 1907 32 

1900 7 1904 16 

Total 151* 

Of this total of 151 graduates: 
75 or 49-7/^ are in private veterinary practice. 

4 or 2.6^ are veterinarians in the U. S. Army. 

5 *^^ ?)'Z% ^^^ ^" ^^ government service in the Philip- 

pines, in Cuba and the United States. 

Ty-x, or 21.8^ are veterinary inspectors in the U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 

14 or 9.3% are teaching. 

II or "^-Z^ are engaged in sanitary work and laboratory 
investigations. 



*At the present Commencement 18 were graduated. This was the first 
class to graduate which entered with the full four year high school prepa- 
ration. 



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4 are foreigners whose present occupation is not known. 
2 have gone into commercial business. 

1 has studied human medicine. 

2 have died. 

Of the 75 who have gone into private practice, 6o, or 8o^, 
have settled in the State of New York. Seven of them are 
in the employ of the State Department of Agriculture. The 
other eight are practicing in seven other states. The 14 en- 
gaged in teaching are found in nine state universities or 
colleges. The fact that nearly 10^ of our graduates have 
been sought for and engaged by educational institutions to 
teach some part of veterinary science is a high tribute to the 
influence our graduates are exerting in molding veterinary 
education in this country. It should be stated that none of 
these 14 men entered upon their course with the idea of 
preparing themselves for teachers. The employment of 7^ 
of our graduates in sanitary work atid research is likewise 
significant. 

Like other institutions, we have graduated some men who 
have not developed into desired types of scholars or citizens, 
but the great majority of them have commanded the high 
respect of those with whom they are associated. The large 
number now in practice, and the few who have gone into 
other occupations, is a strong testimonial to the devotion of 
our graduates to their profession. Among the veterinary 
practitioners of the State they are already among the more 
successful. 

Research. One of the purposes of the New York State 
Veterinary College as set forth in the statute* establishing 
it, is to carry on researches in the various phases of animal 
diseases and their treatment and prevention. This requires 
the enrollment of a sufficient number of competent assistants 
to enable either the head of a department or the assistants to 
have the necessary unbroken time for these researches. 



*Chapt^ 153 of the Laws of 1894. 



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This necessary complement of men calls for at least one 
assistant professor with one or more instructors and assist- 
ants in each department. This would enable the much 
needed investigations to be carried out with profit to the 
students and the profession and with great benefit to the 
live stock interests of the State. 

It is not necessary to outline the various investigations 
that the live stock interests in this State demand as a con- 
sequence of the one hundred and seventy-two millions 
of dollars invested therein. There is not one of the 
animal diseases prevalent in our State that is in every 
particular understood sufficiently to guarantee the greatest 
protection possible or in the presence of an epizootic of the 
same to reduce the loss it might occasion to a minimum. 
The extensive losses due to glanders, rabies, anthrax, in- 
fectious abortion and tuberculosis can undoubtedly be great- 
ly lessened by a more accurate knowledge derived from the 
results of well-directed researches along definite and clearly 
defined lines. Again, the diseases of poultry, swine and 
pet animals are all waiting for further inquiries into their 
nature and means of prevention. Every lover of animals of 
whatever species is anxious for better and more successful 
methods of protecting them from disease and suffering. 

Many of the researches suggested above can be made with 
comparatively little expense in excess of the salaries of those 
making them. Certain of these should be under way con- 
tinuously in the various departments of the College. To a 
limited degree they have been made, and they would have 
been to the full extent desired if the departments had been 
provided with sufficient assistants and the small funds to 
procure the necessary material. 

There are, however, many investigations involving the 
utilization of cattle and horses as well as other large animals 
that cannot be made without the use of sufficient land and 
buildings. These would require a considerable amount of 
money. In order that this work be done it is necessary 



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that ail experimental farm for the study of animal diseases 
be established and properly maintained in connection with 
the Veterinary College and under its immediate supervision. 
Such a farm has been provided by the State of Pennsylvania 
for the Veterinary College of the University of Pennsylvania. 
It is very gratifying to learn that the Board of Trustees of 
Cornell University have secured a suitable tract of land for 
this purpose for the New York State Veterinary College. 
The State cannot afford to do less than to make appropria- 
tions sufficient for the carrying out of much-needed investi- 
gations. Already we have been called upon by the Com- 
missioner of Agriculture to cooperate with that department 
in carrying out certain investigations. This is also true of 
the State Department of Health. 

In pointing out the research work that it is the duty of 
this College to do, it might be inferred that little has already 
been accomplished along these lines. It is unfortunately 
true, that in the management of the College during the last 
twelve years very little provision has been made for research. 
The occasion for this apparent neglect was that instruction^ 
which was more immediately mandatory, claimed first at- 
tention and practically all of the College resources. A re- 
view of the work of the Faculty, however, will show that in 
the face of excessive work in the classroom, clinic and 
laboratory, and with a scarcity of funds, it has done much 
both for the veterinary profession and animal owners by way 
of research and investigation. These have been directed 
along several channels. Perhaps the most conspicuous 
work, and under the circumstances the most desirable, has 
been in the development of methods for teaching in a 
practical, efficient manner the various subjects in the cur- 
riculum. This has resulted in the preparation of several 
laboratory guides and text books. Some of these have been 
published and are meeting with a gratifying reception, while 
others are still being tested and will be printed later. It is a 
conservative statement that during recent years a large part 



of the preparation or correlation of subject matter for stu- 
dents in' veterinary medicine in this country has been made 
in this College. The pedagogical side has been given care- 
ful attention. Two of the Faculty have spent considerable 
time in studying veterinary pedagogical methods in Europe. 

The outcome of all this work has been the developing of 
methods of instruction which together with those about to 
be adopted will undoubtedly enable this College to rank 
among the very foremost veterinary colleges in America as a 
teaching institution. The publications of this College have 
been referred to by a distinguished investigator and teacher 
in the following terms : " Works that have been produced 
by the staff of the veterinary college are going to give the 
college a standing that will be a credit to the state and to 
the university, and will in the end bring all the students 
that can be handled." 

There have also been many researches made in physiology, 
on the action of drugs, in surgical technic and operations, 
in anatomy, and in bacteriology and pathology, that have 
enriched the veterinary literature of this country, and not a 
few contributions have appeared in European veterinary 
chronicles. (See appendix, for the publications of the 
Faculty.) It is diflficult to measure the value of many of 
these technical papers but already the beneficial effect of a 
few of them is apparent. These facts are mentioned not 
only in verification of a previous statement concerning the 
Faculty but also to point out the amount of scientific and 
educational work that this College has been doing. Much 
of it has been, for America, pioneer work which in 
due season will be appreciated. Not a small part of the in- 
vestigations of this College have been in connection with 
epizootics of various kinds and in the preparation of tubercu- 
lin, mallein, and anthrax vaccine, and in making diagnoses 
of infectious diseases of animals for the State Department 
of Agriculture, veterinarians and stock owners of the State. 
In subsequent paragraphs I shall speak of this in more 



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detail. The records of the work of this College show that 
in research it has done all that the State could expect with- 
out a more liberal financial support. 

WORK FOR THR VETERINARIANS OF THE STATE AND THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
The statute directs that this College shall make investi- 
gations into the nature of animal diseases and also prepare 
tuberculin, mallein and various vaccines for the diagnosis, 
prevention and treatment of the same. Under this provision 
the College has, during the last twelve years, done all that 
it could to assist the veterinarians of the State as well as the 
Commissioner of Agriculture. The extent to which the 
laboratories of the College are being utilized for diagnosis 
and agents for that purpose can be determined from the 
appended table, which gives the work of this kind for the 
year beginning April i, 1907. 

Diagnosis for rabies . . . 130 cases. 

Diagnosis for glanders, serum test . . 152 " 

Diagnosis of other infectious diseases . 32 " 

Tuberculin sent out . . . 28,790 doses. 

Mallein sent out . . . ggo '< 

Anthrax vaccine • . . 9 180 " 

This College has made many investigations for the De- 
partment of Agriculture in swine diseases, anthrax, glanders 
and tuberculosis. It has also developed technic for increas- 
ing the efficiency of methods for controlling infectious dis- 
eases. 

One of the most valuable contributions along this line was 
the work on the agglutination method for diagnosis of glan- 
ders. The demonstration of the Bang method for the con- 
trol of tuberculosis in badly infected herds of cattle which 
was carried out in cooperation with the Geneva Experiment 
Station, and with private dairymen, has been of great value 
to the cattle interests of the State. The investigation into 
the nature of the so-called hog cholera in this State, which 
revealed the fact that the swine were being poisoned instead 



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of dying from a specific disease, was of much value not only 
in actually preventing heavy losses but also in largely re- 
moving the stigma of the prevalence of hog cholera from 
the pork-producing industry of the State. A large number 
of bacteriological examinations of milk and other substances 
have been made for the Commissioner of Agriculture. Some- 
what extensive reports on bacteria in milk, bacterial diseases 
of bees, swine diseases, anthrax and tuberculosis have been 
made to and published by the State Department of Agri- 
culture. Considerable work has been done for that Depart- 
ment on the question of " pure food " and important investi- 
gations are about to be taken up on the very significant and 
perplexing subject of " bob " veal. 

In addition to the diagnosis and research work that has 
been done for the State, the College has taken an active part 
in the educational work in the Farmers' Institutes by way 
of lectures on methods for the prevention of the preventable 
diseases of animals, A few bulletins have been written for 
the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station on animal sani- 
tation, especially in reference to bovine tuberculosis. With- 
out entering into detail, it can be stated that this College 
has as far as possible assisted the veterinarians of the State 
and cooperated with other organized agricultural institutions 
of the State. 

THE RELATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY COL- 
LEGE TO THE LIVE STOCK INTERESTS OF THE STATE 

"While the first duties of this College are undoubtedly its 
obligations to veterinary students, the veterinary profession 
of the State, and the State Department of Agriculture, it has 
a still broader and an intimate relation to the live stock 
interests of the State. As already pointed out, the veterinary 
profession in America is in the process of development. The 
diseases of animals are just as difficult to understand as those 
of man himself. To successfully treat or prevent them re- 
quires just as specialized a training in the science of diseases 
and sanitation as the people are demanding of the physician. 



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It is clear, therefore, that to treat the individual animals we 
must have properly trained veterinarians, but to enable the 
stock owners to prevent epizootics and other preventable 
diseases among their animals we must instruct them in 
methods of prevention. The investigations already referred 
to have enabled many farmers to prevent serious losses. 
The new methods for diagnosis, the studies on the action of 
drugs, the poisoning of swine, the better treatment of milk 
fever, the more successful operation for poll evil, and the 
new operation for roaring, have all tended either directly or 
indirectly to an actual benefit to the live stock owners. The 
advantages to be derived by the farmers from the work in 
this College are twofold : (i) The discovery of new facts 
relative to the nature or treatment of disease which increases 
the efficiency of his veterinary service and (2) the applica- 
tion of better methods for preventing losses from preventable 
diseases. The science of veterinary medicine, like that of 
human medicine, is tending rapidly to the prevention rather 
than the treatment of disease. 

There are at present heavy losses from poultry and swine 
diseases, infectious abortion, anthrax, glanders and tuber- 
culosis. These losses can be greatly reduced by the acquisi- 
tion of more knowledge concerning them. B}' the introduc- 
tion of new methods based on present knowledge much 
improvement would be made. While the live stock owners 
cannot treat diseases they are unable for want of professional 
knowledge to diagnose, they can apply better prophylactic 
measures. These methods can and should be formulated and 
given to them. This calls for more work in sanitary science, 
which if properly performed will greatly enhance the value 
of the live stock of the State. 

In the extension work of the College, along with that of 
sanitary science, is that of horse-shoeing. Many of the causes 
for lameness in horses are due to affections that can be greatly 
benefited by proper shoeing. It seems fitting, therefore, that 
this College should offer a short course in horse-shoeing to 



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the farriers of the State. In Germany the farriers are obliged 
to have an extensive training of this kind in one of the vet- 
erinary colleges. As soon as we procure a suitable building 
for it, this College should arrange for such a course, which 
will greatly improve the value of many farm and driving 
horses. 

PRESENT POLICY 

It seems right that the present policy concerning the op- 
eration of the Veterinary College should be stated, in order 
that timely criticisms or suggestions may be offered by the 
University officials. While I shall endeavor at all times to 
do the best I can to the end that the College shall attain to 
the highest degree of usefulness possible, the general course 
proposed at present and by which it is hoped success will 
follow, may be summarized as follows : 

1. To inaugurate and maintain the best possible curricu- 
lum for a veterinary college and to have the teaching of the 
highest possible character. 

2. To develop as a unit the scientific and practical parts 
of the curriculum. 

3. To institute and carry out as far as possible research 
work the results of which shall be, — 

(a) To add to the knowledge of the veterinary sciences. 

(b) To add to the efficiency of the veterinarian in the 
practice of his profession, and 

(c) To increase our knowledge of sanitary science whereby 
animal scourges may be more effectively combated. 

4. To make use of the method of extension work in order 
that the College shall be of as much assistance as possible 
(i) to the practitioner of veterinary medicine* and (2) to the 

*In this work it is proposed (i) to have a conference for veterinarians at 
the College at least once during the year, when the latest and most approved 
methods for both treating and preventing diseases of animals shall be set 
forth by lectures, demonstrations and clinics; (2) to issue from time to 
time to the veterinarians of the State circulars giving important informa- 
tion that the practitioner should know but which he has little opportunity 
of finding out by himself. One such circular has already been issued. 



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stock owners, by helping them to prevent destructive 
epizootic diseases. 

5. To cooperate with the State Department of Agriculture, 
State College of Agriculture, Geneva Experiment Station 
and State Department of Health, to the end that all that the 
College can do shall be done to enhance the value of the live 
stock of the State, to minimize the loss from epizootic diseases 
and to reduce the danger of human infection from animal 
plagues. 

To succeed in these various lines will require the support 
and cooperation of all concerned. It is hoped that this will 
be forthcoming and that the actual worth of the College will 
be realized. There are many difficulties to be overcome, but 
it is expected that they will disappear. The veterinary pro- 
fession is calling for the results of carefully conducted in- 
vestigations along many lines in order to enable it to meet 
the demands of the live stock owners to reduce the loss from 
animal diseases. The aim of the College is twofold : good 
teaching and thorough research. 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

Until I have become better acquainted with the adminis- 
trative work, it is impossible to make suggestions along 
many lines. It will probably be necessary to make them 
later. There are, however, the questions of buildings, main- 
tenance, and a farm for the experimental study of animal 
diseases, concerning which I desire to make a few recom- 
mendations. 

Buildings. The buildings which have been provided are 
inadequate for practical teaching. The present clinical or 
operating room was originally put up as a temporary struc- 
ture pending the erection of buildings suitable for such 
work. Thus far the permanent structures have not been 
erected. For the practical or clinical side, therefore, there 
is immediate need for suitable rooms and facilities. We 
have a good operating room and hospital for surgical cases, 



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and a contagions ward that will accommodate a few animals. 
There are, however, no hospital facilities for medical cases, 
except such stalls as may be free in the surgical ward. 
Suitable rooms for medical and consulting clinics are badly 
needed. The hospital for small animals is inadequate in 
size and equipment. The farriery has been neglected, al- 
though horse-shoeing forms an important part of the curricu- 
lum in all other good veterinary colleges. The department 
■of anatomy needs additional quarters and in a very short time 
will, if the students continue to increase in numbers, demand 
more room. The laboratories for experimental physiology 
and pharmacology are badly crowded. In the near future, 
at our present rate of growth, every laboratory in the College 
will be overcrowded. At present the lecture and recitation 
rooms are inadequate. 

In order to overcome these pressing needs it is hoped that 
the system of buildings proposed by the Committee of the 
Veterinary Council, a ground plan of which accompanies 
this report, may be provided as speedily as possible. The 
building most needed immediately is the one to stand in the 
north-east corner of the veterinary grounds and to house the 
medical clinic. Following this a building for the consult- 
ing clinic ; the enlargement of the anatomical laboratory by 
completing the north wing ; a hospital for small animals ; a 
post-mortem room ; a suitable building for the care of ambu- 
lance, wagons and team ; a shop and laboratory for the far- 
rier ; and the erection of the south wing to the main build- 
ing, with a suitable auditorium, class and office rooms, — 
.should follow as quickly as possible. 

Appropriations. If I have been clear in my efforts to set 
forth the needs of this State for the work of the Veterinary 
College, and the requirements of the College in order that it 
may satisfy these wants, it is apparent that the Veterinary 
College should be more adequately supported by the State. 
In view of this mutual relationship I would recommend that 
the Trustees ask the Legislature for the following appro- 
priations : 



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1. For maintenance for the college year 1909-10, $40,000^ 
an increase of $10,000 over the present appropriation. The 
maintenance of this College as a teaching institution will 
soon require at least $50,000 per annum. 

2. For research, experimental work and extension work^ 
$10,000. This should be raised, as the work becomes or- 
ganized, to $25,000. 

3. For clinical buildings and equipment, $125,000. 

4. For farriery, horse-shoeing laboratory, stable for team 
and wagons, and fence, $50,000. 

5. For the completion of the wing at the north end and the 
erection of the one at the south end of the main building, 
as originally planned, $150,000. 

The increase in maintenance, the $10,000 for research and 
extension work and the erection of the clinical buildings 
and the completion of the north wing should be asked for 
this year. The farrier's shop and laboratory and the erection 
of the wing at the south end of the main building should 
follow next year. 

The amounts suggested may seem to be large but a major 
part of the total sum is to complete the veterinary buildings 
which were undertaken by the State but not finished. If 
the total amount was granted it would make the cost of the 
Veterinary College only $505,000. The State of Pennsyl- 
vania a short time since appropriated $200,000 for the con- 
struction of a building for a Veterinary College, and last 
winter the Ohio legislature appropriated $90,000 for a clinical 
building. In Germany the government has established and 
generously maintains a number of veterinary colleges. 
Either the one in Berlin, Hanover, Dresden or Munich could 
not be duplicated in this country for less than from $1,000,- 
000 to $1,500,000. In addition to the first cost, they are 
constantly adding to them and but recently the German 
government has erected a new college in Freiburg. France,, 
Austriaand Hungary each have elaborate veterinary colleges. 
If these countries, which possess live stock values of far less 



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magnitude than ours, find it advantageous to spend millions 
of dollars in building and maintaining veterinary colleges, 
the Empire State should arise to the opportunity it has for 
applying the same principle for the protection of its flocks 
and herds. 

The total expense of adequately maintaining this College, 
together with the interest on the first cost of the buildings 
when completed, would equal but a fraction of one per cent 
of the loss to our State by the death of animals from diseases 
that are largely preventable. The money asked for to com- 
plete, equip and maintain this College cannot be considered 
excessive in the light of the experience of other countries 
where the worth to the state of veterinary colleges has been 
demonstrated. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Veranus a. Moore, 

Director. 



APPENDIX 

The following is a list of publications on technical subjects 
by the Faculty of the New York State Veterinary College 
since its opening in 1896 : — 

Backus, L. S. — Experiments with Nuclein. Abstracts, Dept. of Physiology 

and Pharmacology, No. 4, 1907. 
and Tillou, H. B. — Barium Chloride in Nux Poisoning. Abstracts, 

No. 4, 1907. 
Hydrocyanic Acid in Chloroform Narcosis. Ibid. 



Burley, A. J. — Ergot as an Abortifacient. Abstracts, No. 3, 1906. 

Burnett, S. H.— A Study of the Morphology of the Blood of the Horse. 
Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXVI, 1902. 

Notes on the Clinical Examination of the Blood of Domesticated 

Animals. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXVH, 1903. 

A Study of the Blood of Normal Guinea Pigs. Jour. Med. Research, 

Vol. XI, 1904. 

An Outbreak of Anthrax in the Township of Norfolk, St. Lawrence 

County. 12th Ann. Rep. Com. of Agric, 1905. 

and Traum, Jacob. — The Clinical Examination of the Blood of the 

Dog. Proc. A.V.M.A., i<jo$. 

The Clinical Examination of the Blood in Veterinary Practice. 

Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXX, 1906. 
Report on Anthrax in St. Lawrence County. Rep. to Com. of 

Agric, 1906. 

Tuberculosis in Chickens Positively Identified in New York. Amer. 



Vet. Rev., Vol. XXX, 1907. 
The Control of an Outbreak of Anthrax. Ibid., Vol. XXXIII, 1908. 

The Clinical Pathology of the Blood of Domesticated Animals. 

Ithaca, 1908. 
Eastman, D. K. and Chase, G. R. — Tetanus. Abstracts, No. 5, 1908. 

Fish, P. A. — The Brain of the Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus, etc. Rep. of 
Fur Seal Investigations, 1896-7. h\so four. Conip. Neurology, Vol. 
VIII, 1898. 

Practical Exercises in Comparative Physiology and Urine Analysis, 

1898. 

The Nerve Cell as a Unit. four. Conip. Neurology, Vol. VIII, 1898. 

The Mummification of Small Anatomical and Zoological Specimens. 

Proceed. Assoc. Amer. Anatomists, 1898. 

The Use of Acetone in 'Histology, four. Applied Microscopy, Vol. 

II, 1899. 
Some Theories and Experiments in Antiseptics. Amer. Vet. Rev., 

1898 or 9. 
A Simple Test for the Detection of Albumin in Urine. Meyer Bros. 

Druggist, 1899. 



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Normal Blood. Reference Handbook of Medical Sciences, 1900. 

An Elementary Laboratory Guide for Students in Materia Medica 

and Pharmacy, 1900. 

Urinary Analysis in Veterinary Practice. Jour. Comp. Med., 

Vol. XXI, 1900. 

The Presence of Phosphates in the Urine of the Horse. Anier. Vet 

Rev., Vol. XXV, 1 90 1. 

Inhibition. Reference Handbook of Med. Sciences, 1902. 

The Cerebral Fissures of the Atlantic Walrus. Proc. U. S. NaVl 

Museum, Vol. XXVI. 

A Combined Locker and Laboratory Table. Jour. Applied Micro- 
scopy, Vol. VI, 1903. 

— An Acid Proof Table Top. Ibid.. Vol. VI, 1903. 

— Echinacea in Veterinary Practice. Amer. Vet. Rev., 1903. 

— The Effect of Certain Drugs upon Blood Pressure and Cardiac In- 
hibition in the Horse. Proc. A. V M. A., 1903. Abstracts Dept. of 
Physiology and Pharmacology. 

— and Seaman, A. M.— The Effect of Molasses Feeding on Horses at 
Rest. Amer. Vet. Rev., 1904. 

— Elementary Exercises for Students in Materia Medica and Pharmacy, 
1904. 2d ed. 

— Book of Veterinary Doses, Therapeutic Terms and Prescription 
Writing, 1905. 

— Urethral Calculus in the Dog. Amer. Vet. Rev., 1905. Abstracts, 
No. 3, 1906. 

— Elementary Exercises in Physiology, 1906. 2d ed. 

— The Effect of Sulphurous Acid upon Peptic and Tryptic Digestion. 
Abstracts, No. 3, 1906. 

— Veterinary Doses and Prescription Writing, 1906. 2d ed. 
The Status of Therapeutics. Proc. A. V.3I.A., 1905. Abstracts, 



No. 5, 1906. 

The Examination of the Urine of the Horse and Man, 1906. 

The Effect of Sulphurous Acid upon the Urinary Constituents. Ab- 
stracts, No. 3, 1906. 

Sodium Benzoate and the Digestive Enzymes. Abstracts, No. 4, 

1907. 

Arecoline Hydrobromide. Proc. A. V. M. A., 1906. Abstracts, No. 

4, 1907- 
Sodium Benzoate and Metabolism. Abstracts, No. 4, 1907. 

and Sheldon, Thomas. — Albuminuric Variation at the Beginning 

and End of Micturition. Ibid. 

Observations on the Veterinary Schools of Europe. Atner. Vet. 



Rev., 1908. Abstracts, No. 5, 1908. 

Veterinary Doses and Prescription Writing. 1908. 3d Ed. 



Frink, W. E. and Tillou, H, B.— Experiments with Barium Chloride. 
Abstracts, No. 5, 1908. 

Frost, J. N. — Rhus Toxico-Dendron. Ibid. 



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Hopkins, G. S.— The Relation of the L,igamentum Nuchae to the first Cer- 
vical Vertebra in the Horse. Jour. Comp. Med. and Vet. Archives, 
Vol. XX, 1899. 

The Heart of some Lungless Salamanders. Amer. Naturalist, Vol. 

XXX, 1896. 

( Review of l Mammalian Anatomy, a Preparation for Human and 

Comparative Anatomy ; by H. Jayne. Phila. Med. Jour., Vol. I, 1898. 

Notes on the Variation in Origin of the Internal Carotid of the Horse. 

Proc. Assoc. Amer. Anatomists, 1902. Abstracts va. Ainer. Jour, oj An- 
atomy, Vol II, 1903. 

Embryology of the Egg. Animals, Foods and Diseases, Vol. I, 1905. 



Hopkins and Gage. — Preparation and Embedding the Embryo Chick. 

Proc. Amer. Micro. Soc, 1890. 
Structure of the Stomach of Amia calva. Proc. Amer. Micro. Soc, 

1890. 
The Lymphatics and Enteric Epithelium of Amia calva. Wilder, 

Quarter Century Book ; 1893. 
On the Enteron of American Ganoids. Jour. Morphology, Vol. XI, 

1895- 

Apparatus for Illustrating the Circulation of the Lymph. Proc. Am. 



Micro. Soc, Vol. XVII, 1895. 
Hunziker, Otto F. — Review of Existing Methods for Cultivating Anaero- 
' bic Bacteria. Jour. Applied Microscopy, Vol. V, No. 3. 

Johnston, O. P. — -The Digestive Action of Bile in some Domestic Animals. 
Abstracts, Dept. Phys. and Pharmacology, No. i, 1904. 

Law, James — How to Prepare Products for Shipment to the Pathological 
Laboratory Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXI, 1897. 

Report on the Minimum Standard of Entrance Examinations. Proc. 

U. S. Vet. Med. Asso., 1897. 

Legislation in Regard to Tuberculosis in Cattle. Phila. Med. Law, 

1899. 
Tuberculosis in Cattle and its Control. Cornell Univ. Exp. Sta. 

Bull. No. 150, 1898. 

The New Treatment of Milk Fever in Cows. Cornell Countryman, 

Vol. I, 1904. Holstein-Frisian Gazette, 1904. 

Presidential Address at Annual Meeting of N. Y. State Vet. Med. 

Soc, 1903. 
Immunization, its Field and Limitations. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. 

XXVIII, 1904. 

NeededReformin Veterinary Education. Proc. A. V. M. A., 1904. 

Text Book of Veterinary Medicine. Vol. I. — General Pathology, 

Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, Organs of Circulation and Blood, — 
pp. 411. 8vo. 1896 

Vol. II. — Diseases of the Digestive Organs, Liver, Pancreas and 



Spleen,— pp. 570, 8vo. 1900. 

— Vol. III.— Diseases of the Urinary and Generative Organs, Skin, Eye 
and Nervous System, — pp. 600, 8vo. 1901. 

— Vol. IV. — Infectious Diseases, Sanitary Science and Police,— pp. 675, 
8vo. 1902. 



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— Vol V. — Parasites and Parasitisms, — pp. 532, 8vo. 1903. 

— 2d Ed. Vol. I. pp. 566. 1905. 

— 2d Ed. Vol. II. pp. 595, 8vo. 1905. 

— 2d Ed. Vol. III. pp. 6 [I, 8vo. 1905. 

— 2d Ed. Vol. IV. pp. 718, 8vo. 1906 

— Address at the Inauguration of the New York State Veterinary 
College. The Veterinary Magazine, 1896. 

— Presidential Address at the Annual Meeting of the American Veteri- 
nary Medical Association. Veterinary Medicine of the Past, the Pres- 
ent and the Future. Proc. of A. V. M. A. 1907. 

— The Education of the Veterinarians. Froc. 0/ A.V.M.A. 1899. pp. 
290 to 300. 

— How the Animal Lives. Principles of Agriculture, (Bailey) pp. 
208-231. 

— Bovovaccine vs. Rational and Effective Measures for Restriction and 
Extinction of Tuberculosis in Herds. Proc. of N. Y. S. Dairymen's 
Association, 1905, pp. 77-90. 

— Lecture on Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals before Breeders' 
Association. 

Contagious Abortion in Cattle. Depart, of Agric. Report, 1898, pp. 



620-636. 

— Effective and Ineffective Methods of Dealing with Tuberculosis in 
Herds. N. Y. Tribune Farmer. 

— The Horse, Its Care and Diseases. Encyclopedia Americana, 1905. 



Mack, W. B. and Johnston, O. P.— A Modification of Existing Methods 
for Staining Flagella. Amer. Med., Vol. VII, 1904. 

The Etiology and Morbid Anatomy of Diphtheria in Chickens. 

Amer. Vet. Rev., 1905. 

McNair, F. H. — The Structure and Function of the Digestive Tract of the 
Chicken. Abstracts, No. 3, 1906. 

Madden, J. A.— The Effect of Certain Drugs upon Metabolism as Deter- 
mined by Urinary Examination. Abstracts, No. 2, 1905. 

Milks, H. J. — The Source of Mucin in the Urine of the Horse. Ibid. 

Arecoline Hydrobromate. Abstracts, No. 3, 1906. 

Moore, V. A. — Blood Serum in the Prevention and Treatment of Infec- 
tious Swine Diseases with a Report of an Experiment with Swine Plague 
Antitoxin. Proc. i8th Annual Meeting of Soc. for the Promotion of 
Agric. Science, 1897. 

Suppurative Cellulitis in the Limbs of Cattle due to Streptococcic 

Infection. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXII, 1898. 

Thermo-regulated Water Baths for the Bacteriological Laboratory. 

Jour. Applied Micros., Vol, I, 1898. 

Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology. Ithaca, 1898. 

A Report Concerning the Nature of Infectious Swine Diseases in the 

State of New York, with Practical Suggestions for their Prevention 
and Treatment. A7in. Rep. Covnnissioner of Agric, 1897. 

Remarks on Anthrax and Rabies with Special Reference to Out- 
breaks Recently Investigated. Ann. Rep. Commissioner of Agric, 
1897. 



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— and Ward, A. R. — An Inquiry Concerning the Source of Gas and 
Taint Producing Bacteria in Cheese Curd. Bull. No. i^8, Cornell 
Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta., 1899. 

— The Natural in Disease. Presidential Address before the American 
Medical Society, Syracuse, 1898. Trans. Amer. Med. Soc, 1898. 

— An Apartment Incubator for Student Use. Jour. Applied Micros., 
Vol. II, 1899. Tratis. Amer. Med. Soc, 1899 Meeting, Vol. XXI. 

— Observations Concerning the Significance of Streptococci in Com- 
parative Pathology. Anter. Vet. Rev., 1900. 

— The Normal Bacterial Invasion of the Cow's Udder. Trans. Soc. for 
the Promotion of Agric. Sciences, 1899. 

The Preparation of Tuberculin, its Value as a Diagnostic Agent ; 

and Remarks on the Human and Bovine Tubercle Bacteria. Trans. 
Med. Soc. of the State of N. Y., 1900. Albany Med. Annals, Vol. XXI, 
1900. 

— Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology, 2nd edition, 
1900. 

— The Control of Diphtheria in Small Cities and Country Districts from 
the Bacteriological Standpoint. A^ V. State Med. Jour., Vol. I, 1901. 

— Preliminary Observations on Skin Disinfection and Wound Infec- 
tion. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXV, 1901. 

— Observations on Bacillus Coli Com munis from Certain Species of 
Domesticated Animals. Amer. Med., Vol. Ill, 1902. 

— Bacteria in Milk. A Summary of the Present Knowledge Concern- 
ing their Source and Significance. N. Y. Dept. of Agric, 1902. 

— The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of 
Animals. Ithaca. 

— - Etiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases of Animals. Afner. 
Vet. Rev., Vol. XXVI, 1903. 

Bacillus Coli Communis. Medicine, Vol. IX, No. 3, 1903. 

Bovine Tuberculosis ; A Discussion of its Nature and Economic 

Importance, together with a Report of an Experiment with Air and 
Oxygen in Checking this Disease in Infected Cattle. State Dept. of 
Agric, 1903. 

and White, G. Franklin. — A Preliminary Investigation into the 

Cause of the Infectious Bee Disease Prevailing in the State of New 
York. State Dept. of Agric, 1903. 

— The Relation of Human and Bovine Tuberculosis. Cornell Country- 
man, Vol. I, 1904. 

and Ward, A. R. — Avian Tuberculosis. Proc A. V. M. A., 1903. 

The Morbid Anatomy aud Etiology of Avian Tuberculosis. Jour. 

Med. Research, Vol. XI, No. 2. 

and Way, C. — A Rapid Method for the Diagnosis of Rabies. Amer. 

Vet. Rev., Vol. XXVIII, 1904. 

— L,aboratory Directions^for Beginners in Bacteriology. 3rd ed. , 1905. 
Haring, C. M. and Cady, Bert J. — The Clinical Examination of 



the Blood of the Horse and its value to the Veterinarian. Proc. A. V. 
M. A., 1904. 

— Infectious Abortion in Cattle. Ibid. 

— The Tuberculin Test. Holstein-Friesian World, Vol. II, 1905. 



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— Bovine Ttiberculosis. Bull. No. 225, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. 
Sta., 1905. 

— Report to Forest, F'ish and Game Commission Relative to Disease 
of Deer. 1905. 

— Chairman's Address, Laboratory Section, American Public Health 
Association, Havana, Cuba. Arm. Report for /904. 

— The Nature of Tuberculosis. Holstein-Friesian World, Vol. Ill, 
1906. 

— The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of 
Animals. 2nd edition, Ithaca, 1906. 

— Rabies. Proc. A. KM. A., 1905. 

— Bovine and Human Tuberculosis. Report of Director of Farmers' 
Institutes and Nortnal Institutes for 1903. 

— Bacteria in Milk. Briarcliff Outlook, Vol. IV, 1906. 

— Actinomycosis Mistaken for Tuberculosis on Post Mortem Following 
the Tuberculin Test. Anier. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXX, 1906. 

— Harding', H. A. and Smith, Geo. A. — The Bang Method of Con- 
trolling Tuberculosis with an Illustration of its Application. Bull. No. 
21 J, N. Y. Agric. Exp. Sta., igo6. 

— A Study of Avian Tuberculosis. Zeitschrift fi'ir Infektionskrank- 
heiten und Hygiene der Haustiere, Bd. I, 1906. 

— Taylor. W. J. and Giltner, Ward. — The Agglutination Method for 
the Diagnosis of Glanders. Anier. Vet. Rev., 1906. 

— Meat Inspection Report of the Sixth Annual Conference of Sani- 
tary Officers of State of New York, 1906. 

— and Taylor, W. J. — The Agglutination Method of Diagnosis in the 
Control of Glanders. Jour, of Itifectious Diseases, Supp. No. j, 1907. 

— The Control of Bovine Tuberculosis. Holstein-Friesian World, 
Vol. IV, 1907. 

— Tuberculosis in Cattle, Nature of Disease, How it is Spread and 
Methods of Prevention. The Furrow, Vol. XII, 1907. 

— Infectigus Diseases of Animals. Cyclopedia of Anier. Agric, 1907. 

— The Dissemination and Control of Tuberculosis as illustrated in the 



Bovine Species. Report of Seventh Annual Conference of Sanitary 
Officers of State of New York, 1907. 

— Some Principles of Pathology Significant in the Control of Animal 
Diseases. Proc. A. V. M. A., 1907. Vet. Rev., 1907. 

-Bovine Tuberculosis in New York State. A Report Prepared for the 



Joint Committee of the Comm. on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the 
N. Y. Charity Orgatiization Soc. and the Milk Commission of the N. 
Y. Asso. for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 1907. 

— Bovine Tuberculosis. Bull. No. 2^0, Cornell University Agric. 
Exp. Sta., 1908. 

The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of the Infectious Diseases 

of Animals. 3rd edition, Ithaca, 1908. 

Can Tuberculosis be Eliminated from Cattle ? N. Y. State Jour, of 

Med., Vol. VIII, 1908. 

— Tuberculin and Its Use in the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis. 
Circular No. i, N. Y. State Vet. Coll., 1908. 



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Roadhouse, C. L. and Giltner, Leigh. — Glanders and Bovine Serum. 
Abstracts, No. 4, 1907. 

Taylor, Walter J. — Modern Veterinary Methods. Amer. Vet. Rev., 
Vols. XXX and XXXI, 1907-8. 

The Agglutinating and Precipitating Power of Glandered and Non- 

glandered Serum in Diagnosis. Proc. A. W M. A., 1907. 

Wilbur, B, R.— Calcium Sulphide in the Treatment of Poll Evil and Fis- 
tulous Withers. Abstracts, No. i, 1904. 

Williams, W. L. — Atresia of the Posterior Naris of a Mare. lour. Comp. 
Med. and Vet. Archives, Vol. XVIII, p. 274. 

Azoturia and Atrophy of the Great Dorsal Muscles as a Result of 

Casting. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXI. 

The Spaying of Mares. Bull. No. 12, Mont. Agric. Exp. Sta. 

Physiological Variations. Proc. A. V. M. A., p. 1.92, 1896. 

Editor: Proc. U. S. Vet. Med. Assoc, 1896. 

The Air Sac Mite of the Fowl. Avier. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXII. 

Case Reports. (6) Amer. Vet. Rev., \o\. ZiL^ll. 

Caudal Myotomy vs. Cliteridotomy in the Mare. Ibid. 

Extreme Luxation of the Patellae of a Foal. Ibid. Vol. XXI. 

Involuntary Twitching of the Head Relieved by Trifacial Neuroto- 
my. Jour. Comp. Med. and Vet. Arch., Vol. XVIII. 

Luxation of the Metacarpo-phalangeal Articulation in a Horse. 

Ibid., Vol. XVIII. 

Parasitic Ictero-hematuria of Sheep. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXI. 

Three Consecutive Recoveries from Glanders. Ibid. 

Traumatic Pericarditis in a Cow : Recovery. Journ. Comp. Med. 

and Vet. Arch., Vol. XVIII. 

Veterinary Legislation in New York. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXI, 

— Inhalation Pneumonia. Proc. U. S. Vet. Med. Assoc, 1897. 

Editor : Proc. U. S. Vet. Bled. Asso., 1897. 

Enzootic Cerebro-spinal Meningitis in Horses and Hog Cholera in 

Hogs. Ann. Rep. U. S. Bur. of Animal Indtistry, 1897. 

Hereditary Defects jof Domestic Animals. Amer. Vet. Rev., VoL 

XXVIII. 

-A New Treatment for Bursattee. Ibid, Vol. XXII. 

■ — Notes on Odontomes. Ibid, Vol. XXIII. 

Veterinary Inspection of Breeding Stallions. Ibid, Vol. XXIII. 



Editor : Proc. U. S. Vet. Med. Asso., 1898. 

Translator : Parturient Paresis, bv J. Schmidt. Amer. Vet. Rev.^ 

Vol. XXII. 

Case Reports. (3) Ibid, Vol. XXIIL 

The Teaching of Practical Surgery. Ibid, Vol. XXIIL 

Involuntary Shaking of the Head and its Treatment bv Trifacial 

Neurectomy, Ibid, Vol. XXIIL 

The Future of the Veterinary Profession. Ibid, Vol. XXIV. 



— Mammitis. Ibid, Vol. XXIV. 



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— Clinical Observations on Roaring. Ibid, Vol. XXV. 

— Three Cases of Pseudo-abscess of the Lungs. Ibid, Vol. XXV. 

— Rest, Labor and Confinement. Proc. A.V.M.A., 1900. 

— Choke in a Horse, Strangling, Inhalation Pneumonia, etc., with Re- 
marks on the Handling of Choke. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXV. 

— Clinical Notes on Inhalation Bronchitis and Pneumonia. Ibid Vol 
XXV. 

— The Banquets of the A.V.M.A. Ibid, Vol. XXV. 

— Cystic Tumor of Epiglottis, Horse. Ibid, Vol. XXV. 

— Inhalation Pneumonia due to Fixation of the Tongue by an Osseous 
Tumor. Ibid, Vol. XXV. 

— Retained Afterbirth in Cows. Ibid, Vol. XXVI. 

— Etiology of Heaves. Ibid, Vol. XXVI. 

— Spinal Rigidity in the Horse. Ibid, Vol. XXVI. 

— Case Reports. (6) Ibid, Vol. XXVII. 

— Rupture of the Pre-pubian Tendon in the Pregnant Mare. Ibid, 
Vol. XXIX. 

Surgical Exercises. Translation of Pfeiffer's "Operations Cursus" 



with annotations. 1900. 

Surgical and Obstetrical Operations. Ithaca, 1903. 

Reports of Cases in the Clinic of the Meeting of the N. Y. State Vet. 

Med. Asso., 1903. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXVII. 

— The Influence of the Attitude of the Animal upon the Physiological 
Activity of Organs and the Relation of Parts. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. 
XXVIL 

— Teratology of the Hyo-mandibular Gill-slit in the Horse. Ibid, 
Vol. XXVIII. 

— Report of the Clinics of the N. Y. State Vet. Med. Soc. Ibid, Vol. 
XXVIII. 

— Resection of the Flexor Pedis Tendon for Purulent Infection of the 
Navicular Bursa. Ibid, Vol. XXVIII. 

— Case Reports. (9) Ibid, Vol. XXIX. 

— Empyema of the Facial Sinuses of the Horse. Ibid, Vol. XXX. 

— The Ethics of Veterinary Dentistry. Ibid, Vol. XXX. 

— The Systemic Handling of Wound Infection. Vet. Jour., Vol. LXIV. 

— Report of Meeting of A.V.M.A. Ibid, Vol. LXIII. 

— President's Address, N. Y. State Vet. Med. Soc. Amer. Vet. Rev., 
Vol. XXXII. 

— The Surgical Relief of Roaring. Ibid, Vol. XXXII. 

— The Preparatory Education of Veterinary Students. Ibid, Vol. 
XXXII. 

— The Vet. Journal, Editor for U. S. 1906 to date. 

— Report of the Clinics of the N. Y. State Vet. Med. Soc. Amer. Vet. 
Rev., Vol. XXIX. 

— The Spavin Group of Lamenesses. Proc. A. V.M.A., 1905. 

— Advances in Veterinary Education in America. Vet. Jour., Vol. 
LXIIL 



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— Chronic Metritis in the Mare. Ibid, Vol. LXIII. 

— Infected Open Tendon Sheathes. Ibid, Vol. LXIII. 

— An Inveterate Case of Eczema — A Persistent Case of Canker of the 
Feet. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXX. 

— Notes on the vSurgical Relief of Roaring. Proc. A. V.M.A., 1906. 

— President's Address, N. Y. State Vet. Med. Asso. Amer. Vet. Rev., 
Vol. XXX. 

— The vSo-called Upward Luxation of the Patella of the Horse. Ibid, 
Vol. XXX. 

— Veterinary Education in America. Vet. Jour., Vol. LXII. 

— The Veterinary Hospital as an Educational Factor. Proc. A. V. 
M. A., 1906. 

— The Veterinary Operating Table. Amer. Vet. Rev., Vol. XXX. 

— Translation; Obstetrics in the mare, by A. Tapken. Vet. Jour., 
Vol. LXIII. 

— Poll Evil and Fistulous Withers. Vet. Jour., Vol. LXIV, page 435, 
Sept. 1 90S. 

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